The role of the care sport connector in the Netherlands

Leenaars, K.E.F.; Smit, Eva; Wagemakers, Annemarie; Molleman, Gerard; Koelen, M.A.

doi:10.1093/heapro/daw097

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“…As the care sport connector is new as well its area of inquiry and action, conceptual clarification is demanded [9]. The Healthy Alliances (HALL) framework seems to be a useful framework to study the factors that hinder or facilitate the success of intersectoral collaboration and has been successfully used to study intersectoral collaboration initiated by care sport connectors [10] and by youth-care organisations [11], amongst others. The HALL framework identifies three clusters of factors.…”

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“…This might explain why intersectoral collaboration is hard to establish [3,8], and why transfer rates of patients from the primary care sector to the physical activity sector are low. As such, a broker role might be promising for overcoming these barriers [4,10].…”

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“…Previous interviews with care sport connectors revealed that they can make contact with primary care and sports professionals [10]. They establish networks with general practitioners, nurse practitioners, physiotherapists, employees from municipal health services, social neighbourhood teams and sports or physical activities clubs.…”

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“…They establish networks with general practitioners, nurse practitioners, physiotherapists, employees from municipal health services, social neighbourhood teams and sports or physical activities clubs. However, structural intersectoral collaboration is hard to reach and, in this phase, collaboration mainly occurs on a project basis [10]. In their broker role for intersectoral collaboration, care sport connectors depend on the resources, approaches and relationships between and with other community professionals.…”

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“…Our previous studies [10,13] showed the perceptions of a limited number of care sport connectors and professionals from their experience within the network of a particular care sport connector. However, it is also relevant to reveal the overall perceptions of professionals towards the care sport connector function, their task execution and their willingness to collaborate intersectorally in a more general and comprehensive way.…”

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Narrative review – Barriers and facilitators to promotion of physical activity in primary care

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The objective to provide an overview of the literature on the barriers and facilitators to physical activity (PA) promotion in primary care, as experienced by practitioners and patients. Method A search strategy of the English‐language literature was conducted in EMBASE, MEDLINE and the COCHRANE LIBRARY. Search terms were primary care OR general practice OR family medicine OR family practitioner AND physical activity OR exercise AND barriers OR facilitators. Databases were searched from inception until 21 October 2022. Results After screening, 63 articles were included within the summary and content analysis of this review. Analysis of the barriers to the implementation of PA highlighted four main themes perceived by practitioners: time, knowledge/skills, resources/support and financial implications. Analysis of the patient perspective identified themes which were categorised into individual (pre‐existing health conditions, knowledge of benefits of PA, time/capacity), societal (social support and cultural norms) and environmental (availability of facilities and weather). Conclusions As the importance of PA increases through the manifestation of sedentary behaviour‐related disease, a combined primary care and public health approach to increase PA is required. By identifying the main barriers to PA promotion in primary care, resources and funding can be directed to address this. This is particularly relevant in the United Kingdom, with the re‐negotiation of the primary care contract and the changes to healthcare delivery as a consequence of the Covid‐19 pandemic. Throughout this review, we have explored ways of addressing the identified barriers through evidence‐based interventions.

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Psychometric evaluation of the Decision Support Tool for Functional Independence in community-dwelling older people

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Background The aging population is increasingly faced with daily life limitations, threatening their Functional Independence (FI). These limitations extend different life domains and require a broad range of community-care professionals to be addressed. The Decision Support Tool for Functional Independence (DST-FI) facilitates community-care professionals in providing uncontradictory recommendations regarding the maintenance of FI in community-dwelling older people. The current study aims to determine the validity and reliability of the DST-FI. Methods Sixty community-care professionals completed a twofold assessment. To assess construct validity, participants were asked to assign predefined recommendations to fifty cases of older people to maintain their level of FI. Hypotheses were tested regarding the expected recommendations per case. Content validity was assessed by questions on relevance, comprehensiveness, and comprehensibility of the current set of recommendations. Twelve participants repeated the assessment after two weeks to enable both within- and between rater reliability properties, expressed by an Intraclass Correlation Coefficient. Results Seven out of eight predefined hypotheses confirmed expectations, indicating high construct validity. As the recommendations were indicated ‘relevant’ and ‘complete’, content validity was high as well. Agreement between raters was poor to moderate while agreement within raters was moderate to excellent, resulting in moderate overall reliability. CONCLUSION The DST-FI suggests high validity and moderate reliability properties when used in a population of community-dwelling older people. The tool could facilitate community-care professionals in their task to preserve FI in older people. Future research should focus on psychometric properties like feasibility, acceptability, and developing and piloting strategies for implementation in community-care.

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The role of the care sport connector in the Netherlands

Cited by 19 publications

References 20 publications

Perceptions of Care Sport Connectors’ Tasks for Strengthening the Connection Between Primary Care, Sports and Physical Activity: A Delphi Study

Perceptions of Care Sport Connectors’ Tasks for Strengthening the Connection Between Primary Care, Sports and Physical Activity: A Delphi Study

Narrative review – Barriers and facilitators to promotion of physical activity in primary care

Psychometric evaluation of the Decision Support Tool for Functional Independence in community-dwelling older people

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